162: I'm disappointed in you

While Luo Xi was extremely shocked.

Luo Ningyan took out the Relic Ring and said to her, "Xiao Xi, this is our Luo Family's relic, the Spirit Cultivation Trial. If you complete the trial, your mental Domain may undergo a transformation, and it's not impossible for your S-rank talent to advance to SS-level."

Luo Xi came back to her senses, her purple eyes flashing with astonishment, "Really?"

Luo Ningyan nodded.

"Although you are only seventeen, the world situation is becoming increasingly complex and dangerous. Mother doesn't know how much longer she can protect you. Perhaps it's time for you to grow up."

"Mother..." Luo Xi took the ring from her hand.

She glanced at Jiang Yuan in the bathtub.

Her gaze gradually became firm.

"I understand, I will definitely pass the trial."

Before Luo Xi left to prepare for seclusion before the mental trial.

She didn't forget to remind Luo Ningyan not to do anything strange to Jiang Yuan while she wasn't there.

"I wouldn't dare!" Luo Ningyan said indignantly with shame.

But after Luo Xi left.

When changing Jiang Yuan's medicinal liquid for the second time.

Looking at Jiang Yuan's perfect physique after the charred dead skin had peeled off.

Her face still involuntarily turned red, heat rose, her eyes were moist, and her legs under the green silk dress clamped together.

"I sweated a bit during the previous battle."

"I, I'll go take a bath too..."

She fled the bathroom as if escaping.

Jiang Yuan's body repeatedly exceeded its limits and was extremely weak and unable to move, but his Yang God was not damaged and was extremely clear-headed.

Everything that happened outside did not escape his eyes.

Including some of Luo Ningyan's little actions...

Luo Ningyan's escape made him also unable to help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Otherwise, he was really afraid she would pounce like a hungry tiger...

Although that wouldn't be bad either.

But now was clearly not the time to do such things.

He cleared his mind of distracting thoughts.

He fully circulated the Kindling Breathing Method.

Immortal Phoenix Flames bloomed one by one on Jiang Yuan's body.

After this burning of life and continuous breaking through limits for Nirvana Rebirth.

The mysterious kindling deep within his body surged by nearly ten times!

The Kindling Breathing Method also seemed to have undergone some wonderful changes.

If Jiang Yuan's deductions and analysis were correct.

Just like the Immortal Body Tempering Method that refined the Immortal Divine Body, and the Starry Sky Great Sun Contemplation Method that cultivated the Yang God.

The Kindling Breathing Method, which involved the Origin of breathing methods, would also form some incredible perverted ability after reaching its Peak.

Soon.

Half an hour passed.

Jiang Yuan absorbed all the medicinal liquid in the bathtub, his body was completely repaired, and he returned to his Peak state.

"Bang!" The earth shook violently.

The shockwave came from extremely far away, and the entire City seemed to be shaking.

"Wha, what happened?!" Luo Xi was startled inside the room.

"Swish!" Jiang Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, golden light radiating in all directions, shattering everything in the bathroom.

The moment the terrifying pressure overflowed from him.

Luo Ningyan sensed it, and appeared in the bathroom with a fragrant breeze, wearing a bathrobe.

She hadn't expected Jiang Yuan to recover so quickly!

Seeing Jiang Yuan standing up, facing her with his head held high.

Her beautiful and dignified face turned red, and she said, "Wait, don't go over there, the battlefield over there doesn't need you..."

Jiang Yuan reached out and summoned clothes to put on, "I know. I just plan to go back and see my family."

"Then I'll go with you...?" As Luo Ningyan said this, a strange look suddenly appeared on her face.

Go back together to meet the parents? How strange...

"No need, you are Luo Xi's mother, you should stay by her side."

Jiang Yuan said, and stepped past Luo Ningyan.

"We all have family members we need to protect, don't we?"

The moment he walked out of the bathroom door, space fluctuated, and the young man's tall and straight figure instantly disappeared.

Luo Xi rushed over upon hearing the news.

"Mother, where is Jiang Yuan?"

"He went back," Luo Ningyan sighed. "That child seems even more mature and strong than I thought."

Saying this, she turned her head and said seriously, "Xiao Xi, if you like him, you have to act quickly. Don't let other vixen snatch him away, or Mother won't forgive you."

Getting her mother's support, Luo Xi's bright purple eyes immediately lit up.

...Jiang Yuan returned to the Martial Artist Guild.

His family saw that he was safe and sound and all breathed a sigh of relief.

The Martial Artist Association had high-level purification Formations, which prevented the Black Curse on their bodies from worsening too much, making Jiang Yuan feel a little more at ease.

"Brother Yuan, did you see the demonic shadow in the sky before? It was really terrifying," Mo Xixi said with lingering fear.

"I saw it." Jiang Yuan said that not only did he see it, but he also broke in and blew it up.

While they were talking.

There was another violent tremor from the ground.

The City shook and trembled. Fortunately, when it was built, the risk of earthquakes was considered, and many devices and Formations to reduce earthquake impact were installed, which prevented major disasters in the City.

"It's been shaking non-stop since half an hour ago, and it's getting stronger. Could something bad be happening again?" Aunt Tao Yufeng said worriedly.

"A time of many troubles."

"Brother Yuan, never try to be a hero in everything; act according to your capabilities," Mother Jiang cautioned Jiang Yuan.

"Okay."

After a brief time together.

Jiang Yuan found Vice Guild Leader Chu Xiong to inquire about the battle situation.

Chu Xiong didn't know much either.

He only knew that the battlefield initially was at the Municipal Plaza in the west of the City, with many residential areas nearby. During the first wave of outbreaks, hundreds of mechanical constructs launched attacks in all directions, and the entire Municipal Plaza and surrounding residential areas completely fell, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths.

Only after Qin Nantian and Bei Mingxue joined the battle did they control the expansion of the disaster.

Strong individuals from the Abyss Believers and the Mechanical God Cult appeared and engaged in fierce combat with them.

The moment the enemy Quasi-King appeared, a seven-colored rainbow light enveloped the entire battlefield, and Yuan Ling, one of the Ten Sovereigns, appeared and used teleportation magic to transport everyone from South River City to Xingluo Mountain, located south of South River City.

The current earthquake was also coming from there.

"The battlefield is on Xingluo Mountain..." Jiang Yuan was startled when he heard this name.

He thought of the mountain climbing trip he had agreed to with Guan Xiaoxiao and Chen Hao.

He immediately checked for messages, but didn't even receive a single message from Guan Xiaoxiao.

"Chen Hao also has no news, which is unlike him."

"Could those two be..." Jiang Yuan felt a bad premonition in his heart and immediately sent messages to both of them.

Neither of them replied.

Jiang Yuan no longer hesitated and immediately rushed to Chen Hao's nearby home.

He quickly arrived at the residential area.

The once prosperous residential area, which cost twenty thousand per square meter, was now dilapidated, filled with cracks, and deserted.

Jiang Yuan walked along the residential area's road where he used to play, seeing no one along the way. Residents infected with the Black Curse were huddled in their homes, curtains drawn tight, and a heavy, oppressive air permeated the area, which was completely silent.

He arrived downstairs at Chen Hao's home.

Jiang Yuan looked up, and his True Sight Eye saw everything in the entire building clearly.

Chen Hao's parents were lying in bed, their faces full of black spots and cold sweat, coughing non-stop.

Chen Hao sat blankly by the bed. His tears had long since dried up, his eyes were empty and lifeless, his hair was gray, and he looked as if he had aged twenty years.

"Can you really save my parents?" Chen Hao said.

Behind him was a strange figure wearing a black robe.

He spoke to Chen Hao, "Haven't you already seen it? You spent ten years of your lifespan in exchange for your parents living two extra days."

"Now their Black Curse is worsening. Even if you exchange ten years of lifespan, they can only live one more day at most. But you won't live long either. Isn't it great for a family to die together?"

"A family dying together..." Chen Hao said blankly, "It seems quite good... Anyway, there's no hope left."

His expression was twisted, completely immersed in despair.

"Right? Make a decision quickly, I'm in a hurry," the black figure said impatiently.

"Alright, I... am willing..." Just as Chen Hao's words were about to fall.

"Don't say it!" An angry voice suddenly rang out.

Terrifying pressure instantly descended!

The entire room seemed to be frozen and solidified.

Chen Hao's words were forcibly paused; he couldn't speak even if he wanted to.

"Crack!" The black figure was pressed firmly to the ground by the terrifying pressure that had almost solidified.

In the black figure's incomparably terrified gaze.

Space fluctuated.

A young man radiating golden light, with a tall and straight figure, appeared beside Chen Hao.

He looked at Chen Hao with anger on his face and said, "Who told you to make a deal with this kind of guy using your lifespan?!"

"When you encountered trouble, you didn't come to find me, your close friend. Haozi, I'm very disappointed in you."

Chen Hao looked at him blankly, tears streaming out of his eyes.